10/09/2012

Who ARE these people?

We know every photograph tells a story, but some stories have been lost for decades.

This set of portraits holds some mysteries, and the Chicago Tribune is looking for your help to tell them.

Located in our lower-lower-lower level (LL5, actually), these glass-plate negatives have only recently been digitized. Often, the only information on the sleeve would be a name, and sometimes a date--but no context, no clue as to why the subject was captured on glass.

Why was Cyrena Van Gordon, decked out in a fox stole, being photographed?

Where was little Judith Hodges going, holding her bundled puppy, when this glass plate was made?

And who are those men in court with their hats on, with bandaged heads poking out underneath?